diff --git a/app/frontend_static.py b/app/frontend_static.py
index e7a735c..ab53446 100644
--- a/app/frontend_static.py
+++ b/app/frontend_static.py
@@ -1,13 +1,27 @@
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
-from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request
+from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, JSONResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def _resolve_request_origin(request: Request) -> str:
+    """Resolve the external origin, honoring common reverse-proxy headers."""
+    forwarded_proto = request.headers.get("x-forwarded-proto")
+    forwarded_host = request.headers.get("x-forwarded-host")
+
+    if forwarded_proto and forwarded_host:
+        proto = forwarded_proto.split(",")[0].strip()
+        host = forwarded_host.split(",")[0].strip()
+        if proto and host:
+            return f"{proto}://{host}"
+
+    return str(request.base_url).rstrip("/")
+
+
 def register_frontend_static_routes(app: FastAPI, frontend_dir: Path) -> bool:
     """Register frontend static file routes if a built frontend is available.
 
@@ -55,6 +69,41 @@ def register_frontend_static_routes(app: FastAPI, frontend_dir: Path) -> bool:
         """Serve the frontend index.html."""
         return FileResponse(index_file)
 
+    @app.get("/site.webmanifest")
+    async def serve_webmanifest(request: Request):
+        """Serve a dynamic web manifest using the active request origin."""
+        origin = _resolve_request_origin(request)
+        manifest = {
+            "name": "RemoteTerm for MeshCore",
+            "short_name": "RemoteTerm",
+            "id": f"{origin}/",
+            "start_url": f"{origin}/",
+            "scope": f"{origin}/",
+            "display": "standalone",
+            "display_override": ["window-controls-overlay", "standalone", "fullscreen"],
+            "theme_color": "#111419",
+            "background_color": "#111419",
+            "icons": [
+                {
+                    "src": f"{origin}/web-app-manifest-192x192.png",
+                    "sizes": "192x192",
+                    "type": "image/png",
+                    "purpose": "maskable",
+                },
+                {
+                    "src": f"{origin}/web-app-manifest-512x512.png",
+                    "sizes": "512x512",
+                    "type": "image/png",
+                    "purpose": "maskable",
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+        return JSONResponse(
+            manifest,
+            media_type="application/manifest+json",
+            headers={"Cache-Control": "no-store"},
+        )
+
     @app.get("/{path:path}")
     async def serve_frontend(path: str):
         """Serve frontend files, falling back to index.html for SPA routing."""
diff --git a/frontend/public/site.webmanifest b/frontend/public/site.webmanifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 92caeb2..0000000
--- a/frontend/public/site.webmanifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "RemoteTerm for MeshCore",
-  "short_name": "RemoteTerm",
-  "icons": [
-    {
-      "src": "/web-app-manifest-192x192.png",
-      "sizes": "192x192",
-      "type": "image/png",
-      "purpose": "maskable"
-    },
-    {
-      "src": "/web-app-manifest-512x512.png",
-      "sizes": "512x512",
-      "type": "image/png",
-      "purpose": "maskable"
-    }
-  ],
-  "theme_color": "#ffffff",
-  "background_color": "#ffffff",
-  "display": "standalone"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_frontend_static.py b/tests/test_frontend_static.py
index be3faf3..3043f34 100644
--- a/tests/test_frontend_static.py
+++ b/tests/test_frontend_static.py
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ def test_valid_dist_serves_static_and_spa_fallback(tmp_path):
         assert root_response.status_code == 200
         assert "index page" in root_response.text
 
+        manifest_response = client.get("/site.webmanifest")
+        assert manifest_response.status_code == 200
+        assert manifest_response.headers["content-type"].startswith("application/manifest+json")
+        manifest = manifest_response.json()
+        assert manifest["start_url"] == "http://testserver/"
+        assert manifest["scope"] == "http://testserver/"
+        assert manifest["id"] == "http://testserver/"
+        assert manifest["display"] == "standalone"
+        assert manifest["icons"][0]["src"] == "http://testserver/web-app-manifest-192x192.png"
+
         file_response = client.get("/robots.txt")
         assert file_response.status_code == 200
         assert file_response.text == "User-agent: *"
@@ -64,3 +74,28 @@ def test_valid_dist_serves_static_and_spa_fallback(tmp_path):
         asset_response = client.get("/assets/app.js")
         assert asset_response.status_code == 200
         assert "console.log('ok');" in asset_response.text
+
+
+def test_webmanifest_uses_forwarded_origin_headers(tmp_path):
+    app = FastAPI()
+    dist_dir = tmp_path / "frontend" / "dist"
+    dist_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+    (dist_dir / "index.html").write_text("<html><body>index page</body></html>")
+
+    registered = register_frontend_static_routes(app, dist_dir)
+    assert registered is True
+
+    with TestClient(app) as client:
+        response = client.get(
+            "/site.webmanifest",
+            headers={
+                "x-forwarded-proto": "https",
+                "x-forwarded-host": "mesh.example.com:8443",
+            },
+        )
+
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        data = response.json()
+        assert data["start_url"] == "https://mesh.example.com:8443/"
+        assert data["scope"] == "https://mesh.example.com:8443/"
+        assert data["id"] == "https://mesh.example.com:8443/"